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Record Nr.

UNINA9910383847703321

Autore

La Rocca Antonella

Titolo

Customer-Supplier Relationships in B2B : An Interaction Perspective on Actors in Business Networks / / by Antonella La Rocca

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2020

ISBN

9783030409937

3030409937

Edizione

[1st ed. 2020.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (214 pages)

Disciplina

658.72

650 (edition:22)

Soggetti

Marketing

Sales management

Sales and Distribution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

1. Exploring the Role of Actors in the Formation of Market Relationships  -- 2. Perspectives on Market - B2B Market as Network  -- 3. Analysing Supplier Customer Relationships in Business Markets -- 4. Actors in Interaction  -- 5. An Empirical Study of Interaction in Business Relationships -- 6. Interaction and Identities in Business Relationships.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores customer-supplier relationships in B2B markets, focusing on interaction between parties. Drawing on three fields of research - studies of relationships in marketing, social interactionism in sociology, and sense-making in social psychology - the author explores the concepts and roles of actors in business relationships and how the behaviour of actors within an interaction affects the development of those relationships. Based on a review of prior research and an original empirical study, the author argues that the presence of continuous close relationships between customer and supplier organizations bestows features of a business network on B2B markets, with distinct interdependencies and ubiquitous interactions. Exploring buyer-seller interactions, the author contends that actors' mutually



perceived identities - continuously emergent and relationship-specific - are the main factor in the development of business relationships and discusses the implications for management practice and research. Antonella La Rocca is Associate Professor at Rennes School of Business, France, where she teaches B2B marketing. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing and on the board of the Association for Key Account Management. Her main research interests are innovation, entrepreneurship, and sales in business markets. She has co-edited volumes on innovation in healthcare and new business venturing, and is the author of several publications in Industrial Marketing Management, Management Decision and the IMP Journal. .